---
name: "Boomerang Basics"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery — Lesson"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "TLA"
set_name: "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
collector_number: "46"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Tubaki Halsame"
oracle_id: "acd881eb-f3b4-4174-9fc2-e3c7c213886b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/boomerang-basics-tla"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Boomerang Basics
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery — Lesson

## Oracle Text
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If you controlled that permanent, draw a card.

> *"All right buddy, don't fail me now!"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Boomerang](/printing/boomerang-8ed.md) — Instant
2. [Geistwave](/printing/geistwave-dbl.md) — Instant
3. [Banishing Knack](/printing/banishing-knack-eve.md) — Instant
4. [Repeal](/printing/repeal-clu.md) — Instant
5. [Eye of Nowhere](/printing/eye-of-nowhere-chk.md) — Sorcery — Arcane
6. [Regress](/printing/regress-roe.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) #46
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Tubaki Halsame
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`